[NEohioPAL]The Oberlin College Choir Joins the Kronos Quartet for Multi-Media Concert Feb. 25

[Marci Janas]

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Oberlin Media Contact Only:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu


Cleveland Museum of Art Contact:
Rob Bruder
(216) 707-2265; rbruder at clevelandart.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


The Oberlin College Choir Joins the Kronos Quartet for
a Multi-Media Concert Presented by The Cleveland Museum of Art=92s VIVA!=20=

and Gala Around Town Series on Feb. 25

OBERLIN, OHIO (Feb. 17, 2006) =97 The Oberlin College Choir, directed by=20=

Associate Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd, will join the=20
Kronos Quartet in a multi-media concert experience at Cleveland=92s=20
Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006,=20
at 7:30 p.m. The concert features Terry Riley=92s Sun Rings, an amalgam=20=

of choral music, electronic sounds from outer space, and dazzling=20
visual projections from the Milky Way. The Cleveland Museum of Art=20
(CMA) presents the event as part of its VIVA! and Gala Around Town=20
Series.
	Admission to the performance is $39 for the general public, $34 =
for=20
CMA members, and $10 for students with a valid I.D. To order tickets,=20
please call 1-888-CMA-0033 or visit www.cma.org/perform.
	Completed in 2002, Riley=92s Sun Rings uses the sounds of space =
to=20
influence the writing of the string quartet, allowing for interplay=20
between recorded space sounds and live string playing. Commissioned by=20=

NASA, Sun Rings features music by Riley that incorporates sounds from=20
the Milky Way such as crackling solar windstorms, the whistling of=20
lighting on Jupiter, and other sounds, triggered by Kronos using an=20
interactive computer. In addition, noted visual designer Willie=20
Williams (who has worked with the rock groups U2 and R.E.M.) prepared=20
images of the solar system photographed by the Voyager and Galileo=20
space probes that will be projected onto a screen behind the ensemble.=20=

Sight and sound coupled together, Sun Rings culminates in an=20
unparalleled visual and aural experience.
	A reviewer for the Los Angeles Times wrote of a recent =
performance:=20
=93Galaxies carpet the walls and Riley=92s generous melodies flow =
through=20
Kronos=92 four string instruments. The audience sat in spellbound=20
silence.=94
	Spending five months of each year touring concert halls, clubs, =
and=20
festivals worldwide, the multi-Grammy Award winning Kronos Quartet has=20=

boisterously broken down genre barriers expected of string quartets.=20
Performing live with contemporary greats Tom Waits and David Bowie and=20=

recording with such diversely talented singer-songwriters as Dave=20
Matthews and Nelly Furtado, Kronos has altered perceptions of what a=20
string quartet should be in the 21st century.


About the Oberlin College Choir
The Oberlin College Choir is a highly select ensemble chosen from=20
students at the Conservatory and the College. Founded by Olaf C.=20
Christiansen in 1929, it has been led by such illustrious conductors as=20=

Robert Fountain and Daniel Moe, and has won critical acclaim for=20
performances in the United States and abroad, appearing in such=20
prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. In recent=20
years, the choir has sung regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra in=20
Severance Hall; for the 2005-2006 season the choir sang Mendelssohn=92s=20=

Midsummer Night=92s Dream with Dame Felicity Lott. The choir=92s most=20
recent off-campus performance was in Chicago at the American Choral=20
Directors Central Division Convention (February 2006). Upcoming=20
projects include a dual language holiday recording for EMI.

Director Hugh Floyd
Hugh Ferguson Floyd is director of choral activities at the Oberlin=20
Conservatory of Music and at the Interlochen Arts Camp. At Oberlin, he=20=

conducts the Oberlin College Choir, the Oberlin College Singers, the=20
Oberlin Musical Union, and, in rotation, the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra.=20=

Floyd is a graduate of Furman University, the Eastman School of Music,=20=

and the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Oberlin faculty,=20
Floyd was conducting assistant with the Charlotte (North Carolina)=20
Symphony and director of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte. He served=20
as chorus master for the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony, and chorus=20
master and conductor in residence at the Brevard Music Center. He has=20
prepared choirs for such eminent conductors as Robert Shaw, Margaret=20
Hillis, Robert Page, Franz Welser-M=F6st, and Robert Spano.

The Oberlin College Choir and
   the Kronos Quartet
Sun Rings, by Terry Riley
PRESENTED BY THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART'S
VIVA! AND GALA AROUND TOWN SERIES
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center
3615 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
(Parking is available at Applied Technologies
directly across E. 36th from the auditorium entrance.)
Tickets:
$39 General Public
$34 for CMA members
$10 for students with valid I.D.
1-888-CMA-0033

# # #


Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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Oberlin Media Contact Only:

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Conservatory Media Relations

(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell);
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</x-tad-smaller><underline><x-tad-smaller>Cleveland Museum of Art
Contact:

</x-tad-smaller></underline><x-tad-smaller>Rob Bruder

(216) 707-2265; rbruder at clevelandart.org


</x-tad-smaller></flushright><underline><x-tad-smaller>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:


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<bigger>The Oberlin College Choir Joins the Kronos Quartet for=20

a Multi-Media Concert Presented by The Cleveland Museum of Art=92s VIVA!
and Gala Around Town Series on Feb. 25</bigger>


</bold></center><color><param>0000,0000,3331</param>OBERLIN, OHIO
(Feb. 17, 2006) =97 The Oberlin College Choir, directed by Associate
Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd, will join the Kronos
Quartet in a multi-media concert experience at Cleveland=92s Masonic
Temple and Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at 7:30
p.m. The concert features Terry Riley=92s <italic>Sun
=
Rings,</italic></color><bold><italic><color><param>807E,0000,0000</param> =
</color></italic></bold><color><param>0000,0000,3331</param>an<italic>
</italic>amalgam of choral music, electronic sounds from outer space,
and dazzling visual projections from the Milky Way. The Cleveland
Museum of Art (CMA) presents the event as part of its VIVA! and Gala
Around Town Series.

</color>	<color><param>0000,0000,3331</param>Admission to the
performance is $39 for the general public, $34 for CMA members, and
$10 for students with a valid I.D. To order tickets, please call
1-888-CMA-0033 or visit www.cma.org/perform.</color>

	Completed in 2002, Riley=92s <italic>Sun Rings</italic> uses the =
sounds
of space to influence the writing of the string quartet, allowing for
interplay between recorded space sounds and live string playing.
Commissioned by NASA, <italic>Sun Rings</italic> features music by
Riley that incorporates sounds from the Milky Way such as crackling
solar windstorms, the whistling of lighting on Jupiter, and other
sounds, triggered by Kronos using an interactive computer. In
addition, noted visual designer Willie Williams (who has worked with
the rock groups U2 and R.E.M.) prepared images of the solar system
photographed by the Voyager and Galileo space probes that will be
projected onto a screen behind the ensemble. Sight and sound coupled
together, <italic>Sun Rings </italic>culminates in an unparalleled
visual and aural experience.

	A reviewer for the <italic>Los Angeles Times</italic> wrote of a
recent performance: =93Galaxies carpet the walls and Riley=92s generous
melodies flow through Kronos=92 four string instruments. The audience
sat in spellbound silence.=94

<color><param>0000,0000,3331</param>	Spending five months of each =
year
touring concert halls, clubs, and festivals worldwide, the
multi-Grammy Award winning Kronos Quartet has boisterously broken down
genre barriers expected of string quartets. Performing live with
contemporary greats Tom Waits and David Bowie and recording with such
diversely talented singer-songwriters as Dave Matthews and Nelly
Furtado, Kronos has altered perceptions of what a string quartet
should be in the 21st century.</color>



<bold>About the Oberlin College Choir

</bold>The Oberlin College Choir is a highly select ensemble chosen
from students at the Conservatory and the College. Founded by Olaf C.
Christiansen in 1929, it has been led by such illustrious conductors
as Robert Fountain and Daniel Moe, and has won critical acclaim for
performances in the United States and abroad, appearing in such
prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. In recent
years, the choir has sung regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra in
Severance Hall; for the 2005-2006 season the choir sang Mendelssohn=92s
<italic>Midsummer Night=92s Dream</italic> with Dame Felicity Lott. The
choir=92s most recent off-campus performance was in Chicago at the
American Choral Directors Central Division Convention (February 2006).
Upcoming projects include a dual language holiday recording for EMI.


<bold>Director Hugh Floyd

</bold>Hugh Ferguson Floyd is director of choral activities at the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music and at the Interlochen Arts Camp. At
Oberlin, he conducts the Oberlin College Choir, the Oberlin College
Singers, the Oberlin Musical Union, and, in rotation, the Oberlin
Chamber Orchestra. Floyd is a graduate of Furman University, the
Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan. Prior to
joining the Oberlin faculty, Floyd was conducting assistant
with<fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger><bigger> =
</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>the<fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger>=
<bigger>
</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>Charlotte (North Carolina) Symphony and
director of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte. He served as chorus
master for the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony, and chorus master and
conductor in residence at the Brevard Music Center. He has prepared
choirs for such eminent conductors as Robert Shaw, Margaret Hillis,
Robert Page, Franz Welser-M=F6st, and Robert Spano.


<bold><smaller>The Oberlin College Choir and

  the Kronos Quartet

<italic>Sun Rings</italic>, by Terry Riley

PRESENTED BY THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART'S

VIVA! AND GALA AROUND TOWN SERIES

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center

</smaller></bold><smaller>3615 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44115

<italic>(Parking is available at Applied Technologies

directly across E. 36th from the auditorium entrance.)</italic>

Tickets:=20

$39 General Public

$34 for CMA members

$10 for students with valid I.D.

1-888-CMA-0033


</smaller><center><smaller># # #

</smaller></center>


Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH  44074

www.oberlin.edu/con

(P) 440-775-8328

(F) 440-775-5457

marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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